Glove-measuring device.



W. N. KETCHUM. GLOVE MEASURING DEVIUE.

APPLIGATIOK rILnn 3.4. 1903.

933,992, Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

is a speei UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. KETGHUM, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.

GLOVE-MEASURING Davies.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909'.

Application filed March 4, 1908. Serial no. 419,144,

uring instruments, and more particularly to Kn roHUM,

a device for measuring the width of a hand and indicating the same.

It is customary in ascertainin the size of glove required by a hand to%ace a tape around the hand, the'size of t e glove required beingindicated by graduations on the tape. This method requiresa-carefuladjustment, and is objectionable, as tape stretches with usage,thereby rendering the measurement inaccurate. Moreover, the measurementis rendered uncertain, as the measurer at times will draw the tapetighter around thehand than at others.

The primary objectof'myinvention is to provide .a measuring deviceparticularly adapted for determining the sizes'of gloves which will fitthe hands of customers, which will be simple in construction,inexpensive in manufacture, convenient in use, and accurate inoperation. l

The form of my invention herein disclosed may be generally described ascomprisinga base adapted to be supported upon a counter, two abutmentsmounted u on the base, one fixed and the other movagle, a spring, thetension of which tends to move one abutment toward the other, and adevice actuated by the movable abutment for indicatin the size of theglove to fit a hand interpose between the abutments.

My invention will be more fully hereinafter described with reference tothe accompanying drawing, in which the same is illustrated as embodiedin a convenient and practical device, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective View; and Fig. 2 a central longitudinal section.

The same reference characters are used to desi nate the same parts inthe two figures of tl e drawings.

Reference letter A indicates a supporting base which may be of anydesired size and made of an suitable material, as, for in stance, woodThe base is preferably of a size adapted to rest upon the counter in asize of a glove to fit the store, or upon a table. A longitudinalcentral chamber a is provided in the base and extends up'wardlyto thetop lane thereof. B desi mates a plate, preferably fornied of metal, wieh is secured upon the top surface of the base and overlies the chambertherein. Suitable fastening devices, such, for instance, as screws 5,are provided plate to the base Projectingupwardly from the base andrigidly secured thereto is a shoulder or abutment B", whichmay beformedby plate B. p .Cindicates a movable shoulder orabutment, which ismounted upon the base and is adapted to move toward braway from thefixed abutment B. The abutment C is provided with a downwardly extendinglug c, which plate B. W

A spring is providedwithin the chamber a, the tension of which tends tomove the abutment C toward the abutment B, such spring being preferablybending upwardly one end of the projects through a slot formed thelocated, as indicated for fastening the by the reference character'O,betwee1i thelugi a and thelug 6 depending from the plate adjacent thexed abutmeht fB. The opposite ends of'the spring are secured to the lugsbetween which it'is interposed. A handle Dissecured to the movablabutment C", such handle being I preferablyf provided with an uplwardlyprojecting poi tion d, which may/e readily gras' ed and pressure exertedthereon to move t e abutment C a ainst the tension of the spring 0 andaway rom the fixed abutment.

E indicates a ointer carried by the movable abutment 6 formed upon theplate B adjacent the slot therethrough. The pointer E may be secured tothe movable abutment in any suitable manner, as, for instance, byproviding a lug e, which extends downwardly through the slot in theplate and is riveted or otherwise attached to the lug 0 of the abutment.

As is well-known the sizes of gloves correspond to the circumferences ofthe hands and it is, therefore necessary in determining the size ofgloves for a given hand to ascertain the circumference of such hand. Thescale F therefore comprises graduations indicating the circumferences ofhands of the widths determined by the positions of the movable abutmentrelatively to the fixed abutment.

In order to insure the free sliding of the and overlying a scale Fmovable abutment, a lug E is preferably provided, which may beconveniently formed integral with the pointer, such in extending throughthe slot and being provided with a head e underlying the plate B andextending to the smallest size of hand, so that the movable abutmentnormally occupies a position by reason of the tension of the sprin C afixed distance away from the abutmentdy, such distance being theminimumsize ofthe glove. 'In order to measure the Width of a and, the movableabutment C is drawn away from the fixed abutmentby applying a pull uponthe handle D, thereby forming a space between the abutments to permitthe hand to be placed, the hand at one side resting' against the fixedabutment. The pull upon the handle" is discontinued, thereby permittingthe spring to draw the movable abutment into contact with the hand. Thepointer then indicates upon the scale the size of the glove required bythe measured hand. It is, therefore, evident that in the use of myinvention the position of the movable abutment is determined by thewidth of the hand interposed between the abutments, but the pg'mter'does not indicate on the scale the width of the hand ut thecircumference of a hand having a width equal to the distance between theabutments. By my invention it is consequently possible by merely placingthe hand between two abutments havinga very limited relative movement todetermine the circumference of such whereas heretofore it as beennecessary that a measuring tape s ould be e plo 'ed of a lengthsuilicient to surround a hand in and,

order to accuratel measure the circumference thereof, an therebydetermine the proper size of glove.

From the fore oing description it will be observed that I ave inventedan improved device for determining the size of gloves required forvarious sizes of hands, which is simple in use and enables themeasurement to be quickly made, and which is accurate, as there are noparts to stretch by usage, and especially as the spring produces asubstantially uniform pressure of the movable abutment against the hand,thereby obviating the inaccuracies incident to a hand operated measuringdevice.

1. In a measuring device for hands to determine the size of glovestherefor, the combination with a base, of a fixed abutment, a movableabutment provided with indicating means, and a scale upon such baseadjacent the path of movement of said indicating means, said scale havinthereon graduations indicating the circum erence of a hand interposedbetween the abutments.

2. In a measuring device for hands to determine the size of glovestherefor, the combination with a base, of a fixed abutment, a movableabutment provided with indicating means, a s ring, the tension of whichdraws the mova le abutment toward the fixed abutment, and a scale uponsuch base adjacent the path of movement of said indicating means, saidscale having thereon graduations indicating the circumference of a handinterposed between the abutments.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name.

GEO. L. WI INSON, ANNIE C. GOURTENAY.

